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American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR  

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Stay With Me

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Plumeria has a Tea Party with Friends

By Lilith Ivy von Satis

BEST CHILDREN’S MANUSCRIPT 2025 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

Malibu Madam

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

Gold Glory & Nobility

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Unmaskyourlife

By Bruno Marro

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST SPIRITUAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM 2025 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2025, BEST AMERICAN ACTOR & BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Comedy)

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER, BEST ARTHOUSE SONG & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)

“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL VOICE (Category: International Writer)

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION 2025

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST SCREENWRITER 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA  

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST DIRECTOR 2025 (Category: Animated Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTING, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST FILMMAKER  

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Chasing Truths

By Dennis Manning

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter) & BEST ORIGINAL LGBTQ+

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2025, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2025 & BEST POETRY FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2025 & BEST INDIE ORIGINAL IDEA

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ACTRESS & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Spiritual Film)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2025 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN MOVIEMAKER, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

The Surprise Visit

By Serah Henesey

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER OF THE YEAR

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Alexander Senicki

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Musical)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Nice To Meet You

By Noah Kara

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST EDITING

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST ARTHOSUE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM, BEST ANIMATION, BEST INIDE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST ACTOR 2025 & BEST COMEDY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2025

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST ACTING

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING STYLE, BEST EDITING & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DANCE FILM, BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: MUSIC VIDEO) & BEST EDITING

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary)

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Animated Film) & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Fran

By Cristiano Esposito

BEST LGBTQT+

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Poetry Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST POETRY FILM & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST WRITER 2025 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

Stigma

By Mark Schoen

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)

The Donbass Children

By Lubomir Dankov

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Documentary Feature)

The Mint

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Gold Glory & Nobility

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST WRITING STYLE

Plumeria has a tea party with Friends

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Children’s Book)

Tubs Loves pats

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Malibu Madam

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

Only in Malibu

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INDIE WRITER 2025

The Hallmark Couple

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Poo Pookudhu (From RAIL Movie)

By S. J. Jananiy

BEST SOUND DESINGER & BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR

The Second Coming

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST SCI-FI 2025, BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY & BEST ARTHOUSE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2025

In Search of A P-I-G

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Web/TV Series) & BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR

Mute

By Ibrahim Buznego

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2025

Rosso Melanconia

By Laura Calderini

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR

Thinking

By Valerie Knill

BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Fag End

By Indrajit Das

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR & BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG ACTOR 2025

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY SUPER SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Super Short Film)

Paco

By Cresencio Medina

BEST ORIGINAL TV SERIES OF THE YEAR, BEST SOCIAL SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE

Colors

By Manju Subberwal

BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2025

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 2025, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SONG OF THE YEAR

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WRITER

Face the Music

By Shannon Watts

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SHORT

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2025, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST WRITER, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST AMERICAN FILM, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR & BEST MAKE-UP

A Love Story in Time

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST SOUND DESIGN

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST PICTURE 2025, BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Behind the Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025, BEST ACTOR (Robin Williams Academy Award-winning) & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2025

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST ORIGINAL FILM 2025, BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER & BEST SCREENPLAY

The Quest For Camelot

By Roger Paradiso

BEST AMERICAN INDIE PICTURE 2025

Nous deux (The two of us)

By Emmanuel Gavart

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: MUSIC VIDEO), BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST THRILLER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTING, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING (Category: International Narrative Feature)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST ANIMATION OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE COMPANY

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST CAST (Category: Drama)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2025

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER & BEST SOCIAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Voyage In The Desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST OGINAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Meraviglie

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER & BEST GUITARIST

Nelle Sue mani

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SOCIAL SONG WRITER & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Life’s Mapped Out

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST ARTHOUSE FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST MOVIEMAKER (Category: Narrative Feature)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INDIE COMEDIAN 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR OF THE YEAR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST INDIE FILM PRODUCER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ACTRESS (Category: INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST SPIRITUAL FILM

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Mecca

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST ARTHOUSE LGBTQ+ SCRIPT

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Gambia Untitled

By Xochi Blymyer

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Downriver

By Andrea Boll

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2025

Stay With Me

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Hotel Purgatorio

By Joey Agbayani

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL PICTURE, BEST THRILLER & BEST ANIMATION

SOLDIERS, Six Stories, Six Wars

By Tony Villani

BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary)

Wave Man

By Anna Morelli

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2025

High Screams

By Matt Townsend

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Short Script)

Ndazkoh

By Tracey Cochrane

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

Ctabka

By Edward Bryson

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER SHORT 2025

Silent Plan

By Ömer Yıldırım

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Unmaskyourlife

By Bruno Marro

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST INDIE SINGER 2025

Antiquarius

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Narrative Short Film)

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet

By Mark Gould

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Documentary Short)

Hide

By Ian Sciacaluga

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ragzi & The Danseuse

By Kevin Irvine

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Tom and Luce

By Muxel Paule

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

The Flaming Cats of Sohan

By Mark Hammond

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCI/FI COMEDY & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT

Plumeria and her lost Green Knit Mouse Doll

By Lilith Ivy von Satis

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S MANUSCRIPT/BOOK

Plumeria Aesthetics

By Lilith Ivy von Satis

BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Book/Manuscript)

Plumeria has a Tea Party With Friends

By Lilith Ivy von Satis

BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

Tubs loves pats

By Lilith Ivy von Satis

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: CHILDREN’S MANUSCRIPT/BOOK)

Mother, Mother

By Micki Dickoff

BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Short Film)

Something ain’t right

By Susan Downs

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST THRILLER FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Horror)

Poo Pookudhu (From RAIL Movie) – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

By S. J. Jananiy

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2025 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Days Like These

By Megan Rigoni

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMEDY OF THE YEAR

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM

TinMan

By Kevin Tudor

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Get out Breathing

By Nathan Benham

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST SCREENWRITER

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Thinking

By Valerie Knill

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

TOKYO STRANGE TALE / 僕を呼ぶ声 Boku wo Yobu Koe

By Fumitaka Otoguro

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Film)

Paco

By Cresencio Medina

BEST WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL TV SERIES

63Geminorum

By Laura Calderini

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

The Legend of the Bum-Barian

By Kel Owens

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Narrative Short)

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Narrative Short)

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2025

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet

By Marc Gould

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST WRITER & BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR & BEST SCREENWRITER CATEGORY (Comedy)

The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy

By Linda Harkey (Story Monsters Press)

BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST INDIE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT

Nice To Meet You

By Noah Kara

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE FILMMAKER 2025

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO 2025

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV/TELEVISION SCRIPT 2025

A Model Life

By Catherine Boruch

BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE INTERNATIONAL

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Animated Short Film)

A New You

By James Dubbeldam

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)

The Sun Never Sets in Happenstance

By Joe Territo

BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2025

Because We Are Too Many

By Eve Leonard

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Drama) & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

I waited for you

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2025 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY

As predicted in prophecies

By Shihyun Wang

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2025

The New Immigrant – Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Free Birds

By Olaf Lenz

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2025

Think Tank

By Olaf Lenz

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Indie Experimental Film)

The Rings

By Geoffrey Gould

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT

The Shakespeare Plays

By Martin Keady

BEST INDIE BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2025

Chasing Truths

By Dennis Manning

BEST PICTURE, BEST LGBTQ+ FILM & & BEST SCREENPLAY

Everland

By John Johnson

BEST WRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY

Mine

By John Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FILM & BEST DIRECTOR

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2025

Calamity & Mercy

By Daniel W Smith

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Garbage Rex

By Steve Hunyi

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2025, BEST CAST & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR

Revisited – Life is Short

By TerryLee WHETSTONe

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2025 & BEST EDITING

Ricerca

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS MUSIC VIDEO

Meraviglie

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR

Nelle Sue mani

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST GUITARIST & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO)

Credo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SINGER 2025 

Power of Intimate Touch

By Les Dotson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR

Man in a Can

By Henk Pringels

BEST INDI ANIMATION 2025

Union

By Whitney Hamilton

BEST INDIE PICTURE, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Feature)

Is He Cheating?

By Bill Morton

BEST LGBTQ+ FILM 2025

Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter

By Nancy Kimmel

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Feature Script)

A Melody in the Bronx

By Frank Mancuso

BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER SCRIPT

The Sicilians

By Frank Mancuso

BEST AMRICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER 2025 (Category: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA 2025

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